Meaning

Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential..

Definitions by Sense

1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
2. (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
3. (programming, of a function or operator) Built-in.
4. (computing, programming) A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
5. (video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

Example Sentences

the intrinsic value of gold or silver

the intrinsic merit of an action

He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.

In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.

SIMD intrinics

Crappy loops, we got them: Use vector intrinsics¶ For troublesome loops that just don't vectorize even with hints, vector intrinsics are another option.

You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.

Word Forms

• more intrinsic
• most intrinsic
• intrinsick
• intrinsics

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When Should You Use Intrinsic?

Use intrinsic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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